Cabinet Inlet
Cabinet Inlet (66°35′S 63°10′W / 66.583°S 63.167°WCoordinates: 66°35′S 63°10′W / 66.583°S 63.167°W) is an ice-filled inlet, 36 miles (58 km) long in a northwest–southeast direction, and some 27 miles (43 km) wide at its entrance between Cape Alexander and Cape Robinson, along the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in December 1947. Cabinet Inlet was named by FIDS for the British War Cabinet which authorized the FIDS in 1943.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cabinet Inlet" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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